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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Havant Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
13,683 approved · 959 refused · 108 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Feb 2005 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
52 Beach Road, Emsworth, PO10 7HR
Received 7 Feb 201434H Aston Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7XQ
Received 7 Feb 2014Unit 10, Southleigh Farm Units, Southleigh Road, Havant
Received 7 Feb 201416 Saltmarsh Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0JT
Received 28 Feb 2014Oak House, Woodgaston Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0RL
Received 28 Feb 2014Development site at Portsdown Hill, west of Glebe Park Avenue and north of Bedhampton Hill, Havant
Received 3 Mar 2014Former Nursery Site - Land East of 46, Blenheim Gardens, Havant
Received 3 Mar 2014Land rear of 38-40 Long Copse Lane, Emsworth, PO10 7UR
Received 21 Jan 201429 Cherry Tree Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8AY
Received 21 Jan 201428 High Street, Emsworth, PO10 7AW
Received 21 Jan 201415 Racton Road, Emsworth, PO10 7SY
Received 21 Jan 20144 Tavistock Gardens, Havant, PO9 2TL
Received 22 Jan 201417 Selangor Avenue, Emsworth, PO10 7LR
Received 21 Jan 2014613 Southleigh Road, Emsworth, PO10 7TE
Received 23 Jan 2014Rose in June, Selsmore Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9LB
Received 24 Jan 20143 Bacon Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0DN
Received 27 Jan 201447 St Thomas Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 0EU
Received 27 Jan 201421 Garden Close, Hayling Island, PO11 9AD
Received 27 Jan 2014Langstone Technology Park, 2B Langstone Road, Havant, PO9 1SA
Received 24 Jan 201412 Hartwood Gardens, Waterlooville, PO8 8RA
Received 28 Jan 2014Land on the north side of Mill Rythe Lane, Hayling Island
Received 27 Jan 201433 St Thomas Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 0ET
Received 28 Jan 2014325 Milton Road, Cowplain, Waterlooville
Received 30 Jan 201428 The Kench, Ferry Road, Hayling Island
Received 29 Jan 2014Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Havant Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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